LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — An Elizabethtown man will be spending the rest of his life behind bars for beating his wife to death years ago, according to officials.
Christopher Mello, 43, was sentenced after pleading guilty Thursday to a count of first-degree murder in front of Judge David Ashworth, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office said. He will also have to pay $4,500 in restitution to the victim’s family.
Prosecutors said Mello was witnessed beating his wife, 39-year-old Alexandria Reynolds, for almost 24 hours at their then-residence in the 300 block of West High Street on Sept. 30, 2021…